a) No international support except passive Vatican, German, Austrian and Hungarian support

b) A hostile United Nations Security Council that forced the immoral arms embargo through, and

c) A hostile right-wing (anti-Catholic) and left-wing (Socialist, Marxist and neo-Marxist) media as well as a Western mainstream media that was slavishly repeating Belgrade’s talking points as most journalists were not on the front lines, but in Belgrade being fed misinformation by Yugoslav People’s Army media officers, and Western diplomatic corps determined to keep Yugoslavia together.

The psychological and information war against Croatia took a new dimension during the conflict. In addition to blatant UN compromises with Milosevic’s Quislings, the creation of the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia provided a new means of attack for Serbia – reversing the (at least post-Markale massacre, bad press) tactical and strategic defeats at the hands of President Tudjman and Croatia’s police, military and intelligence through legal means, clouding the truth, chronological order of events, and facts by initiating investigations and premising cases on lies, manipulations and propaganda disseminated by Serbia’s intelligence, counterintelligence, military and state media.

This was coupled by massive financing by Western governments (and intelligence agencies) of the so-called non-governmental organizations, many times staffed by known Yugoslav regime sympathizers, collaborators and or intelligence agents, working with the UN, ICTY and international media by feeding them strategic propaganda, misinformation, disinformation, and outright lies and inventions – more or less, serving entirely as front groups with hidden salaries, donors, financial spending, and agendas.
The mere fact that Milosevic’s rise – and his and Serbia’s systematic violation of the SFRJ 1974 Constitution (Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia/SFRY), neo-Apartheid rule over Kosovo, and not entirely clandestine illegal arming of Serbian terrorists and paramilitaries in Croatia a full year before HDZ (Croatian Democratic Union) was balloted to power and following suit in B&H as early as 1989 – was covered blithely, the illegal arming campaign not at all, with Milosevic even being hailed as a reformer in English-speaking media, demonstrates who and what the press, and governments of said outlets, were supporting in the fmr. Yugoslavia.
As Milosevic rose to power, he consolidated control of Serbia’s media. The media narratives that Milosevic’s media were repeating became staples of frames of reference Western and international media coverage. Rare, if at all, were Ustasha crimes (and the hyper-inflation of those crimes) committed during WWII absent from any coverage of Croatia 1989 – 1995. Meanwhile, the crimes of the proto-fascist Karadjordjevic regime, the genocide of Croats by Chetniks in WWII (as well as Tito’s genocide of Croats after WWII), and the systematic political disenfranchisement and discrimination against Croats, as well as the state-sponsored terrorism against them inside and outside of Tito’s “multi-ethnic Yugoslavia,” were almost never mentioned in any serious newspaper or television report the duration of the conflict in the West as context yet Jasenovac and real and imagined Ustasha crimes were almost a mandatory frame of reference and backgrounder.
The consistent diplomatic double-speak and equivocations by Western governments, diplomats and the UN and international organizations were not a coincidence – but a consistent policy that mirrored that which the SANU Memorandum II would reiterate years later, which was during the 1990s, through to today, regurgitated by mainstream media in said Western states, as well as their non-governmental organization (NGO) front organizations at home (which are always tied directly to said governments and political and economic elite power structures), in Croatia and its immediate neighboring states. Namely, the discredited canards of “ancient ethnic hatreds,” “warring sides” (and not naked Serbian aggression), and “all sides committing atrocities.”
The time-line and chronology of the so-called Yugoslav crisis in the late 1980s and through the democratic changes, and ultimately, war, were skewed entirely – not just by the parade of the obviously shameless Western government officials, diplomats and UN officials in massive conflicts of interest, like Lawrence Eagleburger, Brent Scowcroft, James Baker III, and General Lewis MacKenzie; nor by the at best lazy journalists who rarely ventured outside of Belgrade’s lavish hotels and Milosevic government and Yugoslav People’s Army press corps untruthful propaganda séances mislabeled as “news briefs,” but by the NGOs and the individuals and organizations that they subsidized, who these government officials, diplomats and journalists would in return cite as if they were independent actors and not controlled and subsidized actors with a foreign state-policy pushing agenda – with the goal of changing perceptions from the facts, to certain false, or at best partially true narratives suppressing important evidence that debunks the premise of the new narrative, with the explicit purpose of achieving political (and in a time of war, by default, military) objectives.
The enduring global reach of Milosevic’s propaganda, and the frequency of repetition of the propaganda points during and since the war – and the deafening silence by governments, NGOs and so-called liberal and progressive Croatian journalists – shows that despite the seminal study “Political Propaganda and the Plan to Create ‘A State For All Serbs:’ Consequences of using media for ultra-nationalist ends” by Professor Renaud de la Brosse, which was submitted into evidence at the Milosevic ICTY trial (i), the propaganda techniques and messages he debunked were, and remain, somewhat still widely accepted outside of Serbia (where they are holier than the Bible), but also in Croatia.

The reason is the perpetual repetition of those myths by nontransparent foreign and foreign subsidized NGOs and their media collaborators, along with foreign governments (and their media operatives and the NGOs they finance) working with or outright hiring former regime members and political and intelligence operatives.

About the author: Ante Horvat was born in the USA in 1970′s. He has recently moved to live permanently in Croatia and although spending most of his life in the USA he had made several temporary residence visits to Croatia during that time. His education and professional development in history and international relations also spans across the two continents. He is an active observer of and participant in the development of democracy in Croatia since the early 1990’s and its correlation with the developed Western democracies.

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Very good reading for those who understand our history. We can read in between the lines and figure out easily who our enemies really are and they all should have been brought up on criminal changes especially those in the United States a country who claims to be one of moral leadership but we know that the United states is more of a hypocritical country filled with immoral politicians and corruption. Sadly there were many war criminals in the American government during our history who were immune to criminal prosecution . I would have loved to see them imprisoned or better yet hung in public for their acts. But let us look at the names of those involved and you could easily tell who was behind these war crimes besides the Serbs and what countries were influencing them. We all know who controls western media for the most part and even more so someone needs to answer for the weapons that Israel gave to Serbia during the homeland war while there was a supposed blockade of weapons.Israel needs to answer for it as well.There was no reason for Israel to be involved in this war other for them to wish for our demise. But that is ok because I hope to someday watch the same suffering happen to them and hopefully soon. Karma! The British goverment has never been a friend to Croatia and is now what I consider an untrustworthy Allied. My disdain for them is so severe that I wont even fly their airlines or step foot in their country. My disgust is so severe that if I hear someone speak with a British accent it causes me to vomit. Germany ,Austria and Hungary has for the most part of our history supported Croats and even to this day has done more for us the any other country and I consider them to be kin folk to this day. Thank you Ina Vukic for posting this excellent and truthful material.I look forward to the rest of the reading.

Thanks Michael, while I agree that much has been wronged against Croatia through British channels of all sorts including loyalty to a family married into Queen Victoria’s long time ago (Karadjordjevic) there a many, most Brits who have played no part in this nor are they aware of this sort of political scheming … I can understand why you may feel as you do, for me: I have met and know many British persons who know of such things and acknowledge grave mistakes of past and present including Bleiburg massacres etc. Most ordinary people of British descent I have met, heard about, seen etc are decent people

Well said, Ina. Let us also remember that most ordinary Brits are just as likely to be brainwashed by Greater Serbia propaganda as our neighbours themselves. It doesn’t excuse the crimes committed against Croats, but it doesn’t make us any better to wish suffering upon other ethnic or religious groups, (or to enjoy their suffering) no matter how those in power have wronged us. What if they do suffer, what then? What does that achieve for Croats? It doesn’t achieve anything for us, nor does it guarantee our suffering will end.

When you keep wishing badly on entire groups of people, you are no better than any Serb who wished demise upon Croats, nor any fascist or communist, fueled by hateful ideology.

Yes, those with high positions of power did harm Croatia, but it is ridiculous to wish badly upon anyone and anything who has the same ethnic or religious affiliations as corrupt individuals and groups with power. Karma should punish those individuals and criminal organizations, leaving normal people to actually be able to reconcile and move forward by uncovering the truth, not to further punish innocents and create more set-backs and hatred.

I am not one to deny or minimise the suffering of Croats and I do what I can to teach people the facts surrounding our political issues, but that does not justify wishing punishment upon entire groups of people. I think that if we put out hatred, we’ll only receive hatred in return and lead ourselves to demise through hatred. No matter what, we have to be above this. There’s no point praising the goodness of Croatian people if Croatian people wish suffering upon others or enjoy the suffering of others, as some means of revenge. We’re not barbarians.

I understand fully what you are saying and perhaps I should have found a better way to express my thoughts. Many people are innocent because of their ignorance of what their governments have done and continue to do all over the world to innocent people that suffer. My comment about Karma and suffering was to say that yes this needs to happen to people to wake them up to the reality of what has happened and what is happening today as well. It was like in the USA on 9/11. The American people plead ignorance and did not care what our goverment has done as long as it did not effect us on a personal level until it hit home. I can not in good conscious sit here and say this should not happen while we are still being assaulted by other governments as are other countries around the world. I know of no better way for the people to wake up unless they suffer the same fate that their governments perpetrate against others.. As you see after 9/11 the American people are finally waking up to the reality of the wrongs of their goverment. Unfortunately many governments still continue to attack people, countries and cultures.I guess my question is how do we hold those governments accountable? Has anyone in the British, Israeli or other governments that betrayed us been prosecuted? I am glad you understand why I feel the way I do and I am not anywhere near forgiving anyone who has done us wrong. Is my forgiveness going to find my grandfather? Is my forgiveness going to ease my mothers pain as being raped and abused as a child or the dysfunction and poverty of the Croatian family going to ease because we are aged. I can tell you what though. When all of those countries ( British, Serbia , Israel ,Etc )admit there faults and stop with the lies that continue to this day then maybe I will find a place in my heart to begin to forgive.

I agree with you Michael that if individuals in positions of having themselves heard even by small groups don’t do anything about the wrong their governments do to other countries, or they are complacent etc, then they are no better than their government… there have been and there are British individuals who have pointed the finger of guilt against some British officials for Bleiburg massacre at end of WWII against Croats and my hat off to them…

From Facebook comment: “…. and all this included and was preceded by decades of warfare against Croats outside of Croatia. If what we experienced was as much as 1% of what Croats in Croatia experienced in just the psychological war, it is truly a wonder that Croatia even exists today. One area which Ante Horvat may not have had space to cover was how Bosnian people and Croats with them, as “fellow travelers”, were demonized in part of the US press as the vanguard of a continued Muslim assault on Europe so therefore the Serbs were the heroic resistance to the advancing hordes of Islam. People who disagreed with this thesis sometimes faced penalties. I dared to disagree. I paid a price, and I am proud today that Safet Mak Ramic has allowed me to illustrate some of his music. I do not believe that Safet is a vanguard of any sort of dangerous “horde” about to overwhelm Europe unless one considers extraordinary poets and musicians to be “dangerous.””

When the validity of victims of Jasenovac is confirmed we will accordingly be able to occupy an equal position in anything relating to international political processes. Those who have included into Jasenovac the victims of the Partisans and the British air force and the Chetnik battalions and even now pulling a new noose around our heads. That’s the same brace, the same attempt as before to crucify again the decent and Croatian people. I the belief that we have started to tread the path of the truth I greet all the visitors to this site

Yes Marija L. – such a human tragedy to know that among those exterminated at Jasenovac and recorded as the victims of the WWII Ustashe lie multitude of victims of the communist Partisans, British air force and Serb Chetniks … political protection racket has been strong but hopefully it’ll break – very soon

WIth evidence presented at the ICTY and during the ICJ genocide trial, books and articles being written that provide clear, concise and well documented evidence of Croatian suffering and Serbian aggression and genocide the tide will turn and the truth will prevail.

Good article and scarily true. I think this should definitely be shared with as many Croats as possible, especially those who can’t read English. As the article says, Moscow is basically the enabler of Serbia and we should always be careful that Serbian politicians don’t try similar tactics. Having not yet distanced themselves from the Greater Serbia ideology, and with many Yugonostalgics within Croatia, it’s necessary to be aware and vigilant.

The trigger is going to be the continuation of the Bosniak Yogurt Revolution that two foreign embassies of “allies” are machinating, and have been when ole Francis Boyle posited the need for an “occupy-like” movement in B&H (irony being that Occupy and its members were illegally targeted by law enforcement) to “democratize” (read: majoritize / carry out centralization and unitarization of the Federation) B&H back in December 2012 on his blog.

The English language media praising of it, especially from deep state shills, Western establishment media and Western government NGO front subsidized English language agitprop media outlets like Balkan Dimsight and SETimes.com is paving the way for legitimization of the use of violence to achieve political ends.

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Welcome to my blog. Here I will bring to you a variety of topics covering the documented truth about that terrible war that Croatia had to endure during the period between 1991 and 1995 and about Croatian political history that shaped a wonderful nation of people.

Croatian people wanted independence for centuries, just as they had it until the twelfth century but fate was not on their side – others wanted their beautiful land. In late 1980′s the will to break free from Yugoslavia which suffocated freedom and self determination through harsh communist party rule finally bore the desired fruit.

In June 1991 Croatia declared its independence; soon after the aggressive war against Croatia broke out. The struggle of the Croatian people for self-determination was a just one. But I fear genuine justice has not been served as there have been, and there still exist, international covert and overt moves to equate victims with aggressors continue in attempts to change history. Truth often becomes obscured and lost and that is why I have chosen to write this blog, to concentrate on actual events and issues about Croatia – wishing it a bright and freedom-loving future.

It certainly was not easy to come out of the war that was fought on two fronts:

1. On the military front the world’s public has seen the indiscriminate bombardment of Croatian cities, towns and villages from land, sea and air; the destruction of civilian targets including homes, schools, hospitals, churches, factories and cultural monuments; the blockading and destruction of roads, bridges and ports; the blockading of power, water, food and medical supplies. What hasn’t been shown on our television sets is the forced clearing and evacuation of towns and villages, followed by looting, torture, rape and murder carried out by the Serbian forces, who were initially backed by the federal Yugoslav army that was largely constituted by Serb nationals; the transportation of multiple hundreds of innocent Croatian civilians from Croatia into concentration camps Serbia (Begejci, Stajicevo, Sremska Mitrovica... from October 1991, and later (1992) transferred into Serb-held camps in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Omarska, Keratern, Manjaca, Trnopolje).

2. The second front was the war of political propaganda centred on: misinformation about the rights of minorities in Croatia; portrayal of the Croatian people as Ustasha or Fascists; the representation of the Croatian defence forces as illegal paramilitary units; the representation of the Croatian and Slovenian republics as unreasonable secessionists who are unwilling to negotiate; a regurgitation of distorted facts about World War II.

Indeed Croatia had an absolute right to defend itself and this is often forgotten if not often denied it.

Ina Vukic

Ina has been a tireless volunteer on humanitarian aid and fundraising for victims of war in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, especially war orphans. From1991 to beginning of 1994 she contributed in lobbying for international recognition of Croatian independence and Croatia’s rights in defending its territory and people from military aggression by Serbian forces. For this dedicated voluntary work Ina was awarded two Medals of Honour by the first president of the Republic of Croatia in 1995 (Commemorative Medal of the Homeland War and Order of the Croatian Trefoil).Ina has also written hundreds articles for newspapers in Australia and Croatia on the plight of Croatian people for freedom and self-determination, developing democracy in former communist countries. She holds two graduate and one post-graduate university degrees, specialising in behaviour, clinical and political psychology and management.

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